The Independence Runway at the Virgin Australian Melbourne Fashion Festival put the spotlight on last year’s Tiffany & Co. National Designer Award winners Strateas.Carlucci in a slightly-tweaked, more celebratory format that I hope continues in coming years with other indy labels that deserve to shine. Other doing-it-for-themselves labels also took to the runway including Celeste Tesoriero, Dress Up, Elissa McGowan, Emma Mulholland, Pageant and Salasai.
Listen to the catwalk sounds of VAMFF 2015 here.
Photography by Scott Gick.